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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot led Italy to team tennis glory as the home team overcame the Spanish team to secure a historic third successive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to starred as he battled back from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 triumph for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark moments of celebration among the Italian athletes, staff and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on court but took a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before returning to the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Both Italy and the Spanish team made the championship match despite missing key players, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too missing, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Victory

The crowd chanted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, immediate response after falling a break down at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that caught a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Although annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion seized control of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the first set to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph